here we come, 2018!

christmas was a lot of fun this year.

i'm pretty sure when the kids are this age,

it's just going to get better and better.

brette really, really understood santa, jesus and

everything christmas.

i used tootie, our friendly elf on the shelf, for

all it's worth making sure she behaved herself.

sometimes, i would even have her go over and 

apologize to tootie if she did something mean to 

reid, just so she understood that we only promote good behavior. 

mwah ha ha ha.

i loved it.

reid loved christmas too.

she kind of understands, but she would cry if brette 

told her tootie was going to tell santa she was a bad girl.

poor thing.

those girls are already starting - i can only 

imagine what its going to be like in 10 years.

christmas morning was magic,

hot chocolate, donuts and a tornado of

presents that was completely unwrapped in

about 10 minutes.

they loved their new bikes - i can't wait

for spring when we can take them outside and

start learning to ride.

#springdreamsalready

we got some snow the day before christmas,

which was the best present ever, 

so we all played in the snow and went sledding.

i actually took off work the whole week, so 

i was home with them for 10 days straight.

i made me miss my time at home with them.

i get so much done and i love having them with me,

but i also missed missing them, if that makes sense?

i still think - my goal in life is to make good money

only working part time.

it would be the best of both worlds.

we made our way into the new year down in warrensburg

with turnbow's and glover's and the kiddos.

we did a fake countdown around 7:30pm after dinner, so

we could get the kids in pj's and in bed at my parent's 

house around 8pm.

then i headed back to turnbow's to ring in the new year

with the adults.

we played "what do you meme?" - a hilarious game and

i loved being with my girlfriends.

not much has been going on since then.

its freaking freezing so ronnie and i have been 

using our weekends to get organized and 

FINALLY clean out our basement.

we're literally unpacking boxes from 3 years ago to

see if it's junk or something we should keep.

i've made two trips to Goodwill and ronnie has made

s e v e r a l  trips to the dumpster. 

it feels good to get it out of the house.

i hope your christmas and new year was lots of fun!

here's to 2018!